RMWDS -Chapter 286 The Phoenix Egg

The moment she heard the words “phoenix egg,” Miao Yunyou’s eyes widened.

Staring at the blood-red stone lying on the table before her, her mind went blank with a buzz.

No wonder!

No wonder this thing was even more brilliant and translucent than the rubies in the imperial palace. Even sunlight passing through it produced flowing halos of light.

It wasn’t a gemstone at all.

It was actually an egg!

Even Zhang Mo seemed to have never encountered such a situation before, so she asked Teacher Jiu’er,

“Could it be that this egg sensed the aura of the phoenix feather inside the necklace, detected the presence of one of its own kind, and therefore resonated with it?”

Teacher Jiu’er smiled until her eyes curved into crescents.

“As expected of our boss—so smart. You guessed it right immediately.”

Looking utterly bewildered, Miao Yunyou asked,

“So what do we do now? Does the little phoenix egg want to find its mother?”

“Find its mother?” Teacher Jiu’er snorted and waved her hand dismissively.

“Our demon race doesn’t care about bloodline inheritance and all that. Where an egg is laid and when it hatches are entirely up to its own fate.”

Miao Yunyou was stunned.

They were that casual about it?

“But how is it supposed to be born? Are we just supposed to leave it alone?”

She pointed at the phoenix egg on the table, completely confused.

Teacher Jiu’er shook her head helplessly.

“Oh dear, I really don’t know. We nine-tailed foxes are viviparous. We aren’t hatched from eggs, so how would I know? How about I find a phoenix and ask?”

Miao Yunyou: “…”

Fair enough.

Foxes were mammals, after all.

Very scientific.

Teacher Jiu’er took out her phone and swiped through it before saying to Zhang Mo,

“Wu Tong seems to be livestreaming. She’s doing parkour on top of a skyscraper.”

“Wu Tong?”

Miao Yunyou looked puzzled.

Zhang Mo paused her typing and explained,

“That’s the name the phoenix gave herself. Phoenixes perch on parasol trees, after all.”

Ancient texts such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Zhuangzi clearly recorded that the phoenix “does not perch except on the parasol tree, does not eat except bamboo fruit, and does not drink except sweet springs.”

It was the noblest divine bird under heaven, pure and lofty in nature. It recognized only the parasol tree as its resting place and wouldn’t even land on any other kind of tree.

Miao Yunyou nodded.

“Oh, I see.”

Meanwhile, on the edge of a hundred-meter-high skyscraper in some city—

Wu Tong sat cross-legged on the narrow ledge, her long legs swinging casually over the side. Below her stretched endless streams of traffic and dense crowds of people.

She had just finished an extreme parkour run, yet her face wasn’t even flushed and she wasn’t the slightest bit out of breath. There wasn’t even a drop of sweat on her forehead.

She looked completely relaxed and at ease as she casually picked up a bottle of mineral water beside her and took a large gulp.

More than ten thousand fans in her livestream were frantically spamming comments.

“Big Sis is so cool!”

“That’s insane!”

“Amazing!”

Just then, a conspicuous golden notification box suddenly appeared in the center of the screen:

【Super Administrator President Zhang reminds you to get some rest.】

The chat immediately exploded:

【Oh, President Zhang is here.】

【Whenever I see this notification, I know the stream is ending.】

This was an internal code phrase.

It meant:

Hurry up and end the stream. President Zhang has business with you.

“Alright, alright, that’s it for today. Boss needs me for something. Next time I’ll bring you guys something even more exciting.”

After saying goodbye to her viewers, Wu Tong ended the stream.

Switching over to WeChat, she sent Zhang Mo a voice message.

“What’s up, Boss? Got any orders for me?”

Zhang Mo immediately pulled her into a video call.

What had been a conversation between two people instantly became a three-person chat.

This was also Miao Yunyou’s first time seeing the legendary phoenix.

She was completely different from the image Miao Yunyou had imagined.

Rather than flowing ancient robes and an immortal aura, Wu Tong had striking wine-red short hair cut neatly, with the ends slightly curled upward.

She wore a black athletic tank top that showed off her toned arms and defined abs, along with cargo pants and combat boots. Three silver earrings adorned the cartilage of one ear.

Her entire being radiated a sunny yet wild energy.

The moment Wu Tong saw Miao Yunyou on the screen, she exclaimed,

“Hey! I know you!”

“You’re the owner of the Meow Immortal Resort, right?”

“…Didn’t your resort have that adventure walkway before? A bunch of my fans kept tagging me and asking me to try it blindfolded.”

Miao Yunyou blinked.

“…Blindfolded?”

Wasn’t that difficulty level a little too extreme?

Zhang Mo nodded thoughtfully.

“That’s actually not a bad idea. We could do a collaboration sometime.

“But for today, let’s focus on something else. Help her take a look and see roughly when this phoenix egg will hatch.”

Only then did Wu Tong notice the egg on the table in front of Miao Yunyou.

She immediately leaned toward the screen, practically pressing her nose against the camera, her eyes wide open.

“Whoa! A living phoenix egg! I haven’t seen a fresh phoenix egg in almost a thousand years!”

“Huh? Why?” Miao Yunyou asked curiously.

“No idea. Probably because of our race.”

Wu Tong shrugged casually.

“Our phoenixes already have low fertility rates, and nobody’s interested in having children anyway. Not to mention spending time incubating eggs.

“I’ve heard that you humans seem pretty enthusiastic about reproduction. Since you’re fated with this egg, why don’t you hatch it? Once it hatches, it’ll belong to you.”

Teacher Jiu’er nodded in agreement.

“That sounds great. I’ve visited your mountain before. The spiritual energy there is abundant—it’s quite suitable for raising a phoenix.”

Miao Yunyou looked utterly incredulous.

“Me? Hatch it…?”

“I mean… I don’t exactly have the equipment for that.”

Still, having a little phoenix of her own sounded rather nice.

“What’s the big deal?” Zhang Mo said calmly.

“If you think that’s unreasonable, just buy an automatic incubator. Technology changes lives.”

Miao Yunyou: “…”

An automatic incubator…

For a ruby?

How cyberpunk was that?

“It isn’t as complicated as you’re imagining.”

Wu Tong waved dismissively.

“Just put my necklace and the egg together. Then check on it occasionally, pet it, and water it. That’s enough.”

Miao Yunyou was shocked.

“…Water it?”

Even Zhang Mo was speechless.

“What kind of principle is that?”

Wu Tong answered matter-of-factly,

“It’s only an egg, but it still needs to drink some water and take a bath once in a while. That’s perfectly reasonable.”

Miao Yunyou stammered,

“B-But… aren’t phoenixes fire-element creatures? Shouldn’t they hate water?”

After all, that was how they were portrayed in the games she had played and the novels she had read.

“So what if we’re fire-element?” Wu Tong replied.

“Water is the source of life. Everyone needs it. We should believe in science.”

Miao Yunyou, Zhang Mo, and Teacher Jiu’er all fell silent.

They really didn’t understand oviparous creatures.

After examining the egg more carefully, Wu Tong added,

“Judging by its color, I’d say it’s almost ready to come out.”

At those words, Miao Yunyou instantly perked up. Her eyes lit up and she sat upright in excitement.

“Really? It’ll hatch soon?”

If that was the case, shouldn’t she hurry and import a whole bunch of top-grade parasol trees to the mountain?

So they could welcome this noble little divine phoenix!

Wu Tong nodded confidently.

“Yep. You won’t have to wait very long.”

Hearing that, Miao Yunyou became overjoyed, practically surrounded by imaginary flowers of happiness.

Then Zhang Mo interrupted her.

“Wait. Don’t get excited yet.”

Zhang Mo knew her employees all too well.

These demons, who had never suffered through the nine years of compulsory education, understood many things very differently from humans.

Especially their sense of time.

It was outrageous.

Looking at Wu Tong on the screen, Zhang Mo’s expression became very cautious.

“Wu Tong, don’t use vague words like ‘very long’ or ‘very soon.’

“Give me an exact number of years. How many years does it need?”

Wu Tong looked completely sincere and couldn’t understand why her boss doubted her so much.

“It really won’t take long.

“At most… fifty years.

“That’s pretty quick.”

Miao Yunyou’s smile instantly froze.

“…………”

Zhang Mo let out a sigh.

“I knew it.”